The Slowest Racer of ALL TIME

[@TheSiameseDreamer]

Not to brag but I've also scored 0 points and made 0 overtakes in F1.

[@DailyFuelUp]

I would add this to your resume if I were you 😉

[@MrLASegan]

You are actually better. You also have no spins, no positions conceded, and no crashes😂

[@TheSiameseDreamer]

@@MrLASegan 🤣

[@RobbieHatley]

Me too! In fact, I've never driven a race car. For that matter, I don't drive road cars either; my "car" is a Giant Sedona (muscle-powered bicycle); it's more heart-healthy. 🙂

[@alphakakcmeddlakadoofahkii3362]

And with less races, it makes you the better driver

[@amarii80]

When you put all your skill points in charisma and none in dexterity.

[@greebo6799]

May have maxed out his luck that he didn't game end himself or others!

[@current9300]

The Todd Howard character build, it just works.

[@UnreliableAdvice4all]

Being filthy rich > charisma > ball dexterity > driving skills

[@kylekilgore291]

Charisma? Did you see the thumbnail? If that’s the face of charisma I want none of it

[@askdr.stupid]

I thought that creates Jack Black 😂

[@funnyshish6305]

Imagine getting a head injury and the doctor turns up and starts smacking your balls

[@KarimBoctorAwad]

usual procedure

[@Motorguy34]

I wish

[@Wings_of_foam]

@@Motorguy34 LOL

[@AJVD2123]

“Sir, I have one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. For starters, your head is fine, I think. The bad news is, I don’t work here.”

[@anon2034]

@@Motorguy34 LOL

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Should be given credit for his self-mocking humour, and for his business skills: if he could sell himself as a driver despite all the lack of talent he clearly had up to the point of driving in Formula 1 for an entire Season, he could have sold everything else.

[@dominikborno4133]

He gave him credit for exactly all that at the end of the video, like the last two minutes or something

[@superslyai3675]

He didn't sell anything, he bought is way in.

[@VPlaysWhatever]

That's what I was wondering... who was the poor sucker who took him up to run in F1...

[@stedmangg]

It doesn't take any business sense to get people to believe your lies 🤣

[@food223]

honestly respect the guy a lot because of how he doesnt take himself too seriously, even if he wasnt very good at the racing part which is the main part

[@turdle837]

Id say he was simply an idiot. Not taking yourself seriously is one thing, but being danger to yourself and others on track while being borderline incompetent, over and over again, over the span of years, for that youd have to be delusional or simply a complete moron.

[@blacklotus561]

Yeah he comes from a rich family like every F1 driver. He doesn't have to care about where he places at all.

[@otakoob]

Lance Stroll: Finally, a worthy opponent!

[@starspangledhiker]

Lance has driven way too long to even look as bad as you pretend: de vries, Sargent, mazeaspin, ect

[@jjharson7344]

I think the only worthy opponent to our Taki, is the dark lord himself Lord Mahaveer Raghunathan - this guys was so bad, he was actually told to turn the steering wheel! ha ha ha..

[@MetalHeadReacts]

@@starspangledhiker Lance has, in an 8 year career in F1, been outperformed by EVERY team mate. Sergei Sirotkin? Does anyone remember him? His first teammate at williams? Out performed him by miles, yet he's not in F1 any more because spoiled little rich kid and the threat of daddy stroll withdrawing funding if they didn't keep him. In F3 he only won a championship because of team orders to appease daddy stroll so they could keep their funding. If any other driver, over an 8 year career had the same lack of results Lance has, they'd have been kicked out of F1 LONG ago. The ONLY reason Lance is in F1 is because of Daddy buying him his own team. His podium finishes and poles have come entirely from luck not skill. He is an awful driver.

[@jvydenlovescruises]

@@MetalHeadReactsyet he somehow has more podiums then most of his teammates did..?

[@-entyy]

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[@jdmweeb8663]

Slowest racer has to be Al Pease, the only driver to be disqualified for being too slow

[@gilbokhan]

To be *slightly* fair to Al Pease, though: he was driving a car three years out of date, that (if F1Rejects are to be believed) had literally been dragged out of a museum to take part in the race. Didn't justify him interfering with cars dozens of laps ahead of him, but the lack of pace wasn't all down to him.

[@jdmweeb8663]

@@gilbokhan true. My alternate pick would be Jean-Denis Delatraz then

[@Limegreenedragon]

@@gilbokhan not to mention that he almost wiped out Jackie Stewart.

[@Gois83]

My thoughts exactly.

[@brolo7234]

Hell no. Al Pease was actually fast in literally everything else. He got fucked over by dog shit machinery.

[@hmmxp5551]

Atleast Inoue knew and admitted he was terrible unlike most of who's on this tier list.

[@guypainter]

At least he wasn't a danger to anyone but himself, unlike Grosjean who spent his entire F1 career trying to kill people.

[@Kualinar]

So... 5 crashes. Pilot failure. 2 gear box failure that where probably from miss shifting and staying in the wrong gear for to long. Pilot failure. 2 engine blowout, probably from staying in lower gear to much. Pilot failure. 1 transmission failure... Well... See above.

[@Flying_fisher]

I don't really understand, I saw they said that in the video but wtf is the difference of a gearbox and transmission? A gearbox is like 95% of the transmission.

[@Kualinar]

@@Flying_fisher The transmission is everything between the engine and the wheels : Clutch, gear box, differential and half shafts.

[@didgereemedia194]

Credit to Inoue, he's persistent

[@gofres]

And consistent. Both qualities of an F1 driver!

[@viscountrainbows2857]

That Japanese gumption is just built different

[@luismillanLM]

This guy makes Mazepin look like a solid championship contender 😂

[@jenst190]

fu

[@ibrahimali3192]

id say mazepin is worse than this guy

[@numbr17]

@@ibrahimali3192 He's objectively not. It's not even close, and I am NOT a fan of Mazepin.

[@numbr17]

This is exactly what I came here to say, after I saw Mazepin listed BELOW Inoue. Mazepin was definitely really bad, but Inoue is objectively worse. The only way Inoue has Mazepin beat is in his attitude/sense of humor.

[@djangomclear_rocks]

Morbidelli getting a Podium with that ... "car" is outstanding

[@cmgamer1309]

Not really outstanding considering roughly cars 7 cars finished that race. Such was the attrition rate, that Lamy in the Minardi finished 6th. With that said, Morbidelli did comfortably beat Blundell's McLaren.

[@rossanoponti8139]

Morbidelli was 3rd in australia with footwork...not so slow I think.

[@PsychoStreak]

Honestly, can't fault him for using his negotiating skills and money to chase the dream. But for all the negotiating prowess, he managed to land with some of the worst teams in F1 History at their lowest points. For as bad as he was driving, that 1995 season was just cursed. And at least he freely acknowledges he wasn't very good, and has a sense of humor about it. Still, he was never wasting a seat in a good car, and he never had to have his dad buy the team to retain his seat.

[@jamesmeppler6375]

With how bad he was...what would you fault him on? Sounds like you're being too nice for no reason. Theres plenty to find fault with but maybe if youre afraid.....of confrontations...

[@PsychoStreak]

@@jamesmeppler6375 Confrontations with who? The video details he wasn't very good, I agree that he wasn't very good, and he freely stated he wasn't very good. There's no confrontation here.

[@ynwl-e4b]

​@@jamesmeppler6375 ??? Get your macho head out of your ass

[@jerrygu5316]

​@@jamesmeppler6375 did the presumptuous asshat shop have a sale?

[@Ryzard]

For the record, 19 million in 1995 translates to 39-40 million today (usd, so if it was pounds, probably a good deal more) Note that in 2023, LEWIS HAMILTON had a $35 million base salary. You could pay for lewis hamilton plus another driver with the cash this guy paid to race for a single season. What a legend.

[@derin111]

“I’m really comfortable with the outcome”. I’m going to start using that phrase when anything really bad goes wrong. Positive mental attitude! 😂

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Positivity Poisoning via Copium Abuse 💀😹

[@smalldummy804]

Tbh I still have a lot of respect for Inoue, and kinda feel bad for him. He's a fairly nice guy.

[@schnitzel_enjoyer]

He took the last place so nobody else would have to, i respect him.

[@bzilla-d4i]

He didn't belong in F1. The Japanese have done this for a long time. Even Tsunoda isn't there on merit. He's there because of Honda

[@artgokrew]

he's honestly very kind guy I could relate to him, he has passion for f1 but just not too passionate enough I guess

[@venoltar]

This highlights society in general. Money makes things happen. Personality gets you money. Skill gets you a little money, but mostly affects how fast you loose it. It is totally possible for a charming person to become a billionaire while being utterly incompetent (Though this may involve prison visits and/or bankruptcy at some point). But a skilful person with no personality will never get far.

[@Celatra]

@@bzilla-d4i tsunoda atleast has some pace and realistically he's in the top 10 all the time

[@WardenOfTerra]

Taki is hilarious. He's one of my fav. F1 drivers due to his genuine self-deprecating humour.

[@iix23]

The 7 people who downvoted this video are, Lance Stroll's multiple accounts.

[@Arsenic71]

8:48 Lol I've never seen that interview before. For that story alone he deserves respect! 🤣😂😁😆

[@Fertro]

7:53 - That looks like my Quali times when I first started playing the F1 games.

[@jackybeck2479]

Inoue is kind of showing us what would happen if Mahaveer Raghunathan managed to get to FORMULA 1, and what would go down if he did

[@flashgordon3715]

Imagine being another driver and getting taken out by this guy. 😠 😡

[@Femabash]

you should do a video on the 2015 F3 race at Monza which was called off due to poor driving standard

[@mercedesfan-e6t]

Great job on the video! I appreciate the time and effort into this video.

[@porkermongaming]

Lord Mahavir has entered the chat.

[@jjharson7344]

Team Diabolical = Taki Inoue & Mahaveer Raghunathan. ha ha ha ha

[@richrz]

​@@jjharson7344and don't forget about their two wildcards or substitute drivers: Giovanna Amati and Yuji Ide.

[@jjharson7344]

@@richrz I like it - we are now complete, so who's to take on the role of Sporting Director at the Andrea-Moda Team or perhaps the failed Life Team as now we have 4 drivers. 😂🤣😂

[@Derekzparty]

Surprised one of his strats wasn't to helicopter drop hundreds of pounds of cash into their opponents car during the race so he would have the upper hand!

[@jaisagar132]

First time a formula 1 video made me laugh so hard.

[@maxmaxermann6294]

This could’ve been such a nice underdog story if he was actually good at driving.

[@MotorsportArchives]

Didn't make much impact in F1 but I think he could have been a fairly good sports car racer had he continued. Decent guy, honest with himself, had some moments in sports cars later on that looked promising. He switched to becoming a Japanese driver manager, which I think is hard for anyone to argue he definitely has a genuine talent for.

[@elitedavidhorne8494]

He'd be a good driver manager. If he could get himself to F1 then he could get anyone to F1.

[@mobius3339]

🤣🤣🤣This is pure comedy GOLD. Thank you for this!

[@boomkittyFX]

he's like Prostreet's Joe Tacket, outpaced by everybody, and yet he still comes back even late game somehow

[@notTerabyte]

new nfsps headcanon: joe tackett pays ryo to be in apex glide

[@stevewilliekuzneski]

"That one wasn't his fault but who knows?"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ahmedsgoat]

The GOAT WE NEED ABOUT 24HR NURBURGRENG❤

[@jjharson7344]

I was going to say he wasn't the goat we asked for, but the goat we needed. Taki Inoue is..... "Legendary" (pass me that fire extinguisher would you ha ha ha ha.....)

[@karussoul]

Taki Inoue became a cult hero for his self-depreciating humor, he voted for himself as the worst F1 driver in history 😂 he embraced his failures

[@christoforospaphitis4090]

This guy must have been a business mastermind to pull that kind of a career with the driving skills of a learner driver. One can say he is the dreaming man's hero. He pursued his dream and drove in F1.

[@noahsr7]

his racing literally looks like when your teaching someone to play f1 on a sim😭

[@white_nissan_skyline_r3360]

He may be terrible at racing, but he sure is one tough cookie.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

He was good enough to get himself that seat, so he's not terrible at racing.

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

​@@thefreedomguyukdid you somehow miss HOW he got that seat? No success in lower categories, not the slightest bit of success in F1. There's a bit of history with that sort of thing happening

[@herstoryanimated]

Yeah he tested it against the safety car 😂

[@ethansprague2005]

I love when people who struggle have the persistence of the best in the sport, just without the results. Shows a high level of mental fortitude, and maybe a little delusion that I respect

[@Syn-007]

9:17 I mean, he is doing something that most were failing last season :P Being within 2 seconds to Verstappen. xD

[@Ryzard]

1:26 - lmfao, what a guy

[@dannyhtheretrogamingmaster9548]

The only way Inoue won an F1 race is if he is played on the original Playstation version of F1 or if you make Murray Walker talk gibberish using a cheat code in the same game.

[@liamgbooth]

Jean-Denis Delétraz: "Hold my beer!"

[@Riogrande6400]

It is a special kind of person to be a great F1 driver. Most people would have a extremely difficult time competing against drivers like Nicky Louda. And Ethan Hunt.

[@maxdobeinabox]

i think we found the new goat of F1

[@Martin-wl8tq]

Not into Racing Sports,just found you randomly…..you funny as hell!!!😂😂😂….new subscriber here 🎉🎉🎉

[@stalelemonproduction]

Teams were hitting inoue to pay for their other drivers lol. It's like taking a debuff in a video game for more skill points to spend

[@oneup12]

0:51 why was it deemed impossible for Japanese

[@leinycat]

genuinely im curious too. as a japanese person too.

[@alexchristie5384]

Probably racism

[@yeetandskeet]

ya lmao important detail missed

[@Radmsc]

I only learned about your video's a few days ago, but they're really entertaining to watch and easy to listen to. One small detail though... His first hit with the "safety car", wasn't that a medical car or a service vehicle? Because the Safety car usually doesn't stop to help out a driver.

[@earthwormjim91]

The safety car crashed into the crane that was helping him I don't think it was going to assist him

[@phemeloseotlolla]

Peak "negotiation" skills.

[@pauloseixas5452]

now that's a legend ...and the balls checking to see if he's alright, it's something amazing

[@alexelectricx]

Whenever DailyFuelUp drops a new video I drop whatever I'm doing and watch + link it to all my F1 friends :D

[@nicolascosta5509]

LOL I literally just hung up the phone on a call with Taki and i came across this video. The man is a legend! Has helped me a lot.

[@Uzkkvjldzfhuoivad]

Mahaveer Ragunathan:Finally, a worthy opponent

[@mkvector9539]

The real-life equivalent of a low difficulty AI opponent in F1.

[@xenofalcon]

I actually like Taki Inoue, he's a pretty decent bloke for the most part. Racing wasn't his thing and he's not shy of joking about it.

[@janihaavisto79]

How the hell younget hit by safety car like that?

[@Kingklown_YT]

If dean takahashi were to race irl in F1

[@rydekk-4644]

Oh man, the top gear interview has me in stitches xD I love this man xD

[@dagabedaho3513]

Bro put all of his points in charisma, respect

[@shepardice3775]

His persostence is almost inspiring lmao

[@jaybird3745]

His ENGLISH improved greatly, if not his driving. Great story and production!

[@najmizulkarnaim4709]

Taki Inoue got hit by safety car,then he become the worst driver in 90's.

[@anvb5a1]

This is DEFINITELY my game name in race games on pc from now on!

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Inoue is at least one of the funniest F1 drivers.

[@braggski]

every sport needs a guy like this, it wouldn't be so fun to watch otherwise

[@rabidkoalaz]

I'd like to think that Inoue never had illusions of grandeur, but truly just wanted to have fun racing on the grandest scale.

[@marcuscoquer5958]

Another great video. Hopefully you can get seen by more people.

[@themusesquad8554]

We used to call "Arrows" team "Errors" from all the drivers errors and car braking down so much

[@RobbieHatley]

At 0:31 where you say "...and like pretty much all other drivers fitting into the wodes category...", what is "...the wodes category..."? What language is that? And what does it mean?

[@oliver1784]

yeah tried googling that and didnt find anything, maybe a typo or some slang idk

[@Almond19912]

I believe he said "the WOAT category," meaning the "Worst Of All Time"

[@RobbieHatley]

@@Almond19912 : Ok, I'll allow as how that does make sense in-context, though I've never heard of that particular acronym until now. However, acronyms in spoken English are problematic in that listeners do not expect a speaker to be talking in acronyms. For example, if I said, "Like most wizzy-wig double-you-peas, ell-oh's jee-you-eye is cluttered and confusing.", would you know what I meant?

[@Jet_Fox]

Like most (?) WP's, LO's gui is all cluttered and confusing. I get what you mean😅 I can only half understand what you're saying.

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

​@@RobbieHatleyyeah it's really common in sports it popped up the same time as goat which means greatest of all time mostly old people like you don't know it

[@Pinsplash]

to watch this whole video and then find out there are THREE PEOPLE who are somehow worse...

[@Idcenoug-h]

Dude paid all that money to be remembered forever as the worst

[@HristoskoBG]

It's like that weird shitposter guy that installs a game just to get all of the weirdest, kinkiest, shitpostiest achievements

[@CristianNazare]

To be completely honest, the guy has a pretty good sense of humor. Making fun of his "accomplishments" on twitter is actually hilarious. (P.S. don't forget the ball smacking)

[@Kombivar]

Chapeau to Taki for having a good sense of humour about himself.

[@diegolastra]

Jean-Denis Deletraz made Inoue look like prime Schumacher.

[@gianpaolotodde1361]

Grande Taki!!! Those were the days... Great video FORZA FERRARI 👍

[@phemeloseotlolla]

Gotta respect whoever ran Arrows. They knew they could make more by getting paid drivers than them winning any races.

[@TommyCrosby]

I once had the idea of being an F1 racer, this guy would have been my archrival. Also, not even the safety car would have been safe from me.

[@terrygoyan]

I had the pleasure of watching Max Papis bin a Ferrari 333 in the esses on Sears Point raceway. I didn't realize that he was a pay to drive driver! Makes sense now....

[@SeverityOne]

If you can afford to live in Monaco, you're doing something right, though.

[@rman88]

Kinda surprising this guy even got into Formula 1. Like some people insist you need to literately start at age 6 to even have a chance to get into the game.. which means you have to at least know what the hell your doing..

[@strawberrymilk9767]

Chase Briscoe: finally, a worthy competitor! Our battle will be legendary!

[@florians9949]

The safety car is the danger car for Inoue.😂

[@tonymphande232]

this is just comedy gold🤣🤣

[@STRIDER_503]

For me it's impossible to hate such person who's actively making fun of their own poor performance - what can I say, he's humble about it!

[@jjthe13th]

This guy makes Donica Patrick look like a pro. How in the actual fvck did he keep getting back on the track!? Money doesn't solve everything.. but apparently, it solves ALOT

[@AM22Salabok]

If I ever feel like a failure I'll remember this guy. At least he seems like a cool dude.

[@eddhardcore6881]

I often wonder if he has nightmares about the safety car chasing him down just to hit him again

[@kylekilgore291]

How does someone so bad at driving EVEN GET ON THE COURSE LET ALONE IN AN F1 car. What a joke

[@platinumhawke]

10:03 Good job pointing out Jean Alesi

[@schnitzel_enjoyer]

He found out his supra was not as fast as he thought the hard way

[@ThePaintitwhite]

Love Inoue, proving you can do anything you want in life if you really want it... And have loads of money to back it up (or somehow convincing others to give you absurd amounts of money, tbh that part is indeed quite the talent he has)

[@BabyDingo33]

The Lord sent so many signs.... Inoue ignored them all.

[@murciadoxial8056]

that guy should've worked behind the scenes, he clearly has an INSANE talent to sell and to get the money, he definitely had a place in f1, just not behind a wheel

[@aidrianpatullo598]

the kind of person who if they'd stuck to amateur racing might have made somewhat of a name for himself, but probably not

[@KayaEmpire]

11:11 poor guy 😢

[@den2k885]

I kind of feel sorry for him, imagine wanting to do something you love and discovering you're the worst ever. Ouch. At least he has some class and self deprecating humor.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Im a 61 year old midwesterner who grew up watching upper to lower middle class level (factories used to pay good money before being relocated to China and Mexico) entries….hundreds and hundreds of them….race one another and the best ones…the ones who EARNED IT THROUGH DRIVING,mechanical ability moved up….in my case we are talking Alan Kulwicki…race one another. In real stock cars too. Now nasacar,f1,indy league and their feeder series are 98% rich peoples kids. The beauty of it is SOMEONE HAS TO WIN. Its still just a joke, especially for the prices asked for a seat. 10 years to go until the drivers wont be in their rides racing….they will sit side by side and drive them on autopilot. i cant wait if im still alive

[@Alphoric]

5:10 ‘impressive performances’ 😂😂 ‘A young [Japanese] driver’ 😂😂